Eye-shield.



R. MALCOM.

EYE SHIELD.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 5, 1910.

9 57817050 Patented Mar. 28, 1911.

ROBERT MALCOM, 0F CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

EYE-SHIELD.

' Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Mar, 28, 1911',

Application led March 5,y 1910. Serial No. 547,492.

duction of an eye shield designed to be used by workmen and others whodust, dirt, cinders, etc.

A further object of the invention is to provide an eye shield which maybe folded are exposed to into small space, by providing a frame offlexible material which is so constructed that it may be folded at thecenter thereof. WThis frame is designed to lit closely to the featuresof the face,and is provided with separate lens holding frames whichstand out from the eyes.' Y

Other objects and advantages will be hereinafter more clearly explainedand pointed out in the claim. Y l

In the drawings, forming part of .this specification, and in which likeletters of reference indicate corresponding parts, I have illustratedone form of device embodying the essential features of my invention,although the same may be carried into effect in other ways without inthe least de arting from the spirit of my invention and 1n thesedrawings- Figure 1 is a 'plan View of the eye shield; Fig. 2 is a planview ofv the lens and lens holding frame removed from the flexibleframe; Fig. 3 is a sectional view of the lens' holding frame taken online 3 3 of Fig. 2; Fig. 4 is a plan view of the'lens holding framebefore the lens is inserted therein; Fig. 5 is a'sectional view taken'on line 5 5 of Fig. 4; and Fig. 6 is a sectional view of a slightlymodified form of lens holding frame.

In the drawings A, Fig. l, is the outer flexible frame of the eyeshield, which may be of any suitable material, such as leather, or thelike. This frame is provided with apertures cut therethrough into which"lens holding frames are arranged. A recess A isformed in the center ofthis frame to fit over the nose of the wearer, and the projecting endsofthe frame a, a are provided with eyelets a', a into which is secured acord or tape which extends around the head of the B, B are the lensholding frames,-which are preferably made of metal of any size and shapedesired.' In this instance, I have shown a round lens holding frame,which /is formed with an outwardly extending rim or flange b upon oneperipheral edge thereof and an inwardly extending flange Z2 from theopposite peripheral `edge thereof. These lens holding frames arepreferably made of metal, and are provided with'a plurality ofVentilating apertures b2 in the sides thereof.

In the construction of the frames the flanges b, b are formed thereon,and the lens C, which may be of glass, mica, Celluloid, or othertransparent material, is placed in the frame from the inside thereof andrests against the flange b. The frame B is then.

placed into rollers and the circumferential bead @formed inthe peripheryof the metal frame, in which operation the metal is bent slightly underthe glass lens and the bead surrounds the framebetween the lens and theBange b. The bending of the metal inwardly has formed a seat for thelens as shown `more particularly in Fig. 3,l which prevents anyaccidental displacement of the lens. A pair of these lens holding framesis inserted through the apertures inthe flexible frame A, the frameitself being Sulliciently flexible to permit the metal frames to beinserted through the apertures and to be held in place by frictionalContact, the rim or flange b resting against the frame A upon the insidethereof and the bead c preventing accident-al displacement in theopposite direction. These lens frames may be removed from the flexibleframe A if desired and others inserted in their places in case ofaccident or if desired to replace with different colored lenses'., Y

In Fig. 6 I have shown a slightly modified form of lens holding frame inwhich slight indentations cf are made in the periphery of the frame Cupon the inside of the lens C2.

I claim An eye shield comprising a flexible body adapted to fit closelyto the face of the wearer and provided with a pair 'of apertures,lenses, annular lens holding frames therefor extending through saidapertures and provided at their inner ends with outwardly-extendingfianges abutting against the inner face of-said body, said framesprojecting forwardly from the outer face. of said body and each of saidframes having an inner diameter at least as great as lthe lens carriedthereby to permit of the inserll-O I A to abut the lens, and each ofsaid frames tion of the lens therein from rear to front rear face of theIlens for xedly securing the 10 thereof and further having at its outerterlens in position at the outer end of the fral'ne. minus aninwardly-extending annular ange 1n testimony whereof, l have signed thisagainst the inner face of which is adapted specication in the presenceof two subscribing Witnesses.

RGBERT MALCOM.

furthermore provided With a beading at a point removed from itsinwardly-extending Witnesses: n ange thereby forming an inwardly extend-A. V. WELDON, ing annular clamping portion engaging the CHARLES COBB.

